Programs

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism Degree

Credit Hour and Grade Point Requirements

1. 123 credit hours required for graduation, including the following minimums:

At least 39 but no more than 43 credit hours of mass communications courses (journalism, telecommunications, selected communication and culture and FINA-A 443)

At least 65 credit hours from the College of Arts and Sciences, excluding FINA-A 443, all telecommunications courses, and selected communication and culture courses

At least 98 credit hours combined from journalism and the College of Arts and Sciences

At least 24 credit hours in a second concentration selected from one academic discipline outside of journalism, telecommunications, and selected communication and culture courses

At least 36 credit hours at the 300 and 400 level

At least 10 credit hours of journalism from the Bloomington campus

At least 26 credit hours of course work during the senior year from the Bloomington campus

2. Credit hour limits

No more than 43 credit hours of mass communication courses (journalism, telecommunications, selected communication and culture courses and FINA-A 443)

No more than 12 transfer credit hours of mass communications (journalism, telecommunications, selected communication and culture courses and FINA-A 443)

No more than 3 credit hours total of internship credit, either from JOUR-J 492 or any other academic unit

No more than 60 transfer credit hours from a community college

Optional electives: 25 or fewer credit hours outside the School of Journalism and the College of Arts and Sciences

For students satisfying the requirements for a secondary teaching certificate, no more than 29 credit hours of approved education courses

3. Grade Point Average

A minimum 2.0 cumulative grade point average in all course work

A minimum 2.0 grade point average in all major course work, C- or higher in each course, with the exception of the journalism course used for admission to the BAJ (J 110, J 200 or J 210), in which a grade of C or higher is required

A minimum 2.0 grade point average in all course work for the second concentration, C- or higher in each course

The Extended-X policy will not be used in calculating grade point averages for internal purposes. FX or WF will be calculated as F, DX as D, etc.